Software Engineer @NeoScholar Education Inc.

• Developed and maintained a full-stack education-technology SaaS platform for research-oriented courses, student registration, program enrollment, and instructor-managed academic content.

• Built responsive and reusable frontend components using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, and Hotwire-style interactions, improving consistency across course cards, student profiles, forms, and landing pages.

• Implemented bilingual English and Mandarin user interfaces with structured content rendering, language switching, and localized course information to support international student recruitment.

• Designed backend models, controllers, and database relationships in Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL for courses, students, applications, mentors, program tags, and administrative workflows.

• Integrated student registration flows with WeChat QR code onboarding, form validation, and admin-side review tools to streamline communication between students, advisors, and program staff.

• Improved the platform's visual design and user experience by refining page layouts, loading states, animations, navigation structure, and mobile responsiveness using Tailwind CSS and custom JavaScript.

• Containerized the application with Docker and supported cloud deployment workflows using Google Cloud Run, Artifact Registry, and GitHub Actions for staging and production environments.

• Collaborated with founders, academic advisors, and business stakeholders to translate education-program requirements into scalable product features, technical specifications, and maintainable implementation plans.

Teaching Assistant, Software Algorithm Design @McMaster University

• Guided 120+ second-year students through algorithmic design, analysis, and software-engineering principles in a simulated workplace environment, boosting average project scores by 18%.

• Collaborated with the instructor to redesign labs and tutorials, integrating Test-Driven Development and agile workflows; reduced student debugging time by 35%.

• Developed automated grading scripts and a GitHub Classroom starter kit that cut turnaround time for assignment feedback from one week to 48 hours.

• Authored comprehensive technical documentation and step-by-step lab guides in Markdown, improving student self-service resolution of questions by 40%.

• Delivered eight interactive workshop sessions on UML, design patterns, and code refactoring, consistently receiving 4.8 / 5 average satisfaction ratings.

• Provided one-on-one mentoring and office-hour support, helping more than 70 students debug complex C++ and Python projects and strengthening their problem-solving skills.

• Partnered with faculty to pilot a peer-review code-walkthrough model that fostered collaborative learning and enhanced communication skills across teams.

Full-Stack Developer @IBM Canada Limited, Skills Network

• Enhanced user interaction and visual design by upgrading the portal's UI/UX with Ruby on Rails and Tailwind CSS, leading to a 30% increase in user satisfaction and a 45% rise in engagement.

• Collaborated closely with the authors team to address issues encountered on the authoring platform, providing solutions and enhancements that improved their workflow and satisfaction.

• Architected a scalable file storage system using IBM Cloud OBS, streamlining digital asset management for authors, reducing load times by 50% and increasing system efficiency by 40%.

• Engineered and maintained a custom Markdown editor using React, providing authors with a tailored tool that streamlined content creation workflows and increased productivity by over 60%.

• Developed an advanced video subtitle (SRT) generation system as a Flask backend API using Python and Whisper AI, enhancing multimedia accessibility with 98% subtitle accuracy.

• Led major system migration projects, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing team efficiency, which reduced course creation time by over 75% and improved operational effectiveness.

• Developed a dedicated digital asset management interface using React, streamlining file uploads and link retrieval processes, improving operational efficiency by 40% and reducing file management time by 50%.

• Enhanced backend performance by designing and improving system architecture with advanced algorithms and data structures, achieving a 50% improvement in response times and a 30% reduction in server costs.

• Assisted other developer teams in building automation tools using website APIs, fostering inter-team collaboration and accelerating development processes.

• Mentored and assisted new interns during onboarding, providing guidance on system architecture and development practices.

Software Developer Intern @Shanxi Xinghua Cun Fenjiu International Trade Limited Co

• Developed software solutions for internal and external customers using Java, delivering high-quality code with excellent attention to detail.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and ensure solutions met business needs.

• Utilized Agile methodologies to drive project development, contributing to all stages of the software development life cycle.

• Participated in code reviews with senior developers, gaining valuable experience in object-oriented programming and design patterns.

• Contributed to test-driven development practices, creating automated test cases for Java-based applications.

• Improved code efficiency by optimizing algorithms and implementing advanced data structures.

• Successfully delivered Java-based solutions on time and within budget constraints, earning positive feedback from stakeholders.

• Developed and maintained technical documentation, ensuring easy knowledge transfer for future development efforts. Collaborated with three product and design teams to implement innovative solutions for product direction.

Web Developer Intern @Jinneng Holding Group

• Worked with a team of 12 to build and maintain web applications that scaled to 0.6M daily users, communicating with cross-functional teams regarding product design and release.

• Developed new React components for the user-facing web application, improving the time-on-page for the average user by 1.2 minutes.

• Volunteered to investigate slow performance issues in the backend relational database system, and made improvements based on research to speed up database queries by 29%.

• Implemented cross-browser testing for web applications to ensure performance and visual quality.

• Built out a unit testing infrastructure for a client application that reduced the number of bugs reported by 33%.

• Used established coding standards and methodologies and coached two newly joined interns on best practices.